Show CONGRESSIONAL PAY AGAIN In spite of the vote of the lower lowerhouse lowerhouse house of congress against an increase in r h i the senate committee proposes to bring up the tho matter again and secure If pos possible sible a rals I In th the pay of m members of of both After the adverse vote vole almost every daily newspaper In the tho i united In the opinion that at an Increased salary would be entirely jus justifiable in view of the cost attending c position with Its demands of o f all orts and the burden of living co c ost t The senate con conurs curs urs c Int in this belle belier and un unlike the house h ouse has the courage or Its ions t The trouble with members ot of the house h ouse was that many of them come from f rom agrIcultural constituencies and the he t farmers look upon the present sal salary ary a ry ot as an enormous salary for I anybody a The congressmen tram from these are In a u hda y fh they Y have a their positions at the present pay p ay thy fl flud they cant afford to hold h old place and they are reasonably sure ure s they will be voted out or of office if they vote to Increase salarIes Their constituents do not realize the social demands on their members with at t cost they cannot know the innumerable I petty expenses which ag I grega a large age sum In Inthe the course ot ofa a year jear nd whIch ar really incidental to the he t To them the price or of every t Washington would be Incredible ble an they do not stop to think that thata a congressman or senator really has to tomain main ln two homes and two places of busl in his own state the theother other ther o Iii n i tie the capital If of farmers who object to t o the propos salary ry raise could be made to spend or two in Wash WashIngton Ington I t their own expense they would be b e reap ready to approve approve the measure with out b ut d would understand more the congressman I I means when he says he Is a s ice to o accept cr l s sit st it i t Is now few then men can afford to go either ither e to the senate or the house The r man cannot because it would bankrupt him the rich man cannot un unless Uness less l ess he is ready to work harder than any man be asked to work l after his o n business and his pUblic duties or unless heis prepared to neglect el either her his own or the public Interests I If the people are to get men in congress and if they wish to tomake tomake make it possible for every Qualified man to aspIre to congressional office they will have to pay what the place Is worth And If they do not they can have no just cause for complaint tl the e t nen for the he l Jf l g 1 to s ri h us they to |